Bridestowe Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Okehampton, Devon
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.58 miles
Published by Devon County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Bridestowe Primary School is a primary school in Okehampton, Devon for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 26 April 2022. Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Bridestowe Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 2.58 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2026, the last child offered a Reception place lived 2.58 miles away, 12th longest of 42 Devon primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.50 miles).
- The 2026 Reception last distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and than in 2024, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 3 years.
- Reception 2026 had 18 first-choice applications for 12 offers; 12 offers went to first-choice families, and 6 first-choice families (33%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 62% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Devon schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Bridestowe, Okehampton, EX20 4EL
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 86 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 16.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 11
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 26 April 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to belong to this school.”
- “They appreciate the strong relationships they have with adults who take the time to understand their needs.”
- “Staff consider how pupils can experience success.”
To improve
- “However, assessment in some foundation subjects is not effective in enabling teachers to understand what pupils know and remember.”
- “This means that teachers are not able to adapt the curriculum to close any gaps in pupils’ knowledge.”
- “However, some staff feel that, although leaders consider their well-being, their workload is high.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 June 2022 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 62% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 18 first-preference applications, 12 offers in total, 12 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Devon.
- Lydford Primary School 2.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Boasley Cross Community Primary School 2.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Lew Trenchard Church of England Primary School 3.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Okehampton Primary School and Foundation Unit 5.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Northlew and Ashbury Parochial Church of England Primary School 6.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Mary Tavy and Brentor Community Primary School 6.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St James Church of England Primary and Nursery School 6.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Halwill Community Primary School 7.7 mi Not judged Last distance published